India and ADB Sign $240 Million Loan to Provide Safe Drinking Water Service in 3 West Bengal Districts

News and Press Release - Dated:- 3-10-2018 - Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed $240 million loan for providing safe and sustainable drinking water to about 1.65 million people in three districts of the state of Wes .....

nce, who signed for the Government of India; and Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director of ADB s India Resident Mission, who signed for ADB. Heavy reliance on groundwater puts most of the rural population in West Bengal at risk from arsenic and fluor .....

districts - Bankura, North 24 Parganas, and Purba Medinipur. The project addresses the concerns relating to excessive use of groundwater to sustainable surface water based piped schemes, said Mr. Khare. This will help mitigate the health risks from u .....